LINE EDITING: LIGHT, MODERATE, OR HEAVY

Depending upon the degree that your manuscript requires, this process may include:

• Eradicating errors in sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and spelling
• Improving clarity, flow, and voice
• Interposing stronger word choices
• Eliminating redundancy
• Fixing point-of-view discrepancies
• Overall tightening of the text
• Flagging inconsistencies
• Occasional rewriting
• Cross-checking references

PROOFREADING

This is the barest form of editing. It does not involve any analyzation or modifications beyond the correction of the following:

• Improper grammar
• Typos
• Misspellings
• Inconsistent formatting

You should only request a proofread if your manuscript has already been thoroughly refined and needs one final screening before being presented to an agent/publisher or self-published.

After reading these descriptions, please contact me with your manuscript's word count, genre, synopsis, and prospective audience. If you’re unsure what each editing tier entails or which one would most benefit you, feel free to ask. Upon receiving your query, I will request to view your manuscript so that I can diagnose its condition. Then I will do a complimentary sample edit of the first 1,000 words (or 10% of the content if your manuscript is shorter than book length). This will help me calculate a time and cost estimate for your project, and it will allow you to determine whether I'm the right editor for you.

All documents must be in Microsoft Word format; I will utilize the track changes feature to display my emendations.

Note: I reserve the right to turn down a job due to objectionable content, unfamiliarity with a genre, time constraints, or any other reason.